Lincoln Room: Honest Mussels At Midnight

“There’s only one other place I know in the Gaslamp with a deal like here when it comes to mussels,” said this guy at the stool next to mine at Dobson’s (956 Broadway Circle, 619-696-0398). “It’s the Lincoln Room. Fourth and E. They do them till midnight, for sure. Five bucks.”

I’m remembering this at, well, just about midnight, down here in the Gaslamp. Most places are putting up the shutters. But not this dark loggy place at 4th and E.

The Lincoln Room (901 4th Avenue, 619-696-8888) doesn’t look much on the outside, but inside it’s like a big old barn with a still, back in Lincoln’s days. Split log walls, hanging storm lanterns, a bar counter made up en-tirely of pennies, and five big log fires burning.